Landscape Architect Mid-Level
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting and extract content.
Let's identify sections:
- About the role: description of firm, role overview, hybrid schedule, travel, etc. Could be "About the role" or maybe "About ESA". But we need to use headings from list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to decide which sections have content.
From posting:
First paragraph: "Environmental Science Associates (ESA) is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm. We plan, design, permit, mitigate, and restore for projects across our communities, infrastructure systems, open spaces, and wildlands. We are 50 years strong in 21 offices across California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Southeastern United States. ESA is seeking a licensed Landscape Architect with 5+ years of related work experience and an academic background in landscape architecture to join our team in Northern California. This opportunity places a high value on collaboration, delivery, and the desire to learn and grow. This is a salaried, full-time exempt role. Preference given to candidates who are able to work a hybrid schedule (at least 2 days a week) from a northern CA ESA office locations including: Sacramento, Oakland, and/or San Francisco, CA. Qualified candidates with the ability to work hybrid from our Petaluma and/or San Jose office will be considered. This role will involve some travel and field work as needed for in-person team collaborations and site visits as-needed. Please note, a writing sample may be requested as a stage in the interview process."
That's about the role and company.
Then "Who You Are": list of qualifications, experience, skills, etc.
Then "What You Will Do For ESA": responsibilities.
Then "What’s Special About ESA": benefits, culture.
Then "What’s Special About Our Landscape Architecture Team": team specifics.
Then pay range.
Then "Who We Are": more about company (maybe duplicate).
Then vaccination requirement etc (legal boilerplate) - should be removed.
Also note about cover letter, writing sample etc (application instructions) - should be removed.
We need to keep substantive info: company description, role overview, hybrid schedule, travel, responsibilities, qualifications, skills, benefits, pay range, maybe schedule (hybrid schedule details). Also note about physical demands, driver license, 4WD, etc (these are qualifications/requirements). Also note about writing sample request (application instruction) - remove.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, vaccination, accommodation request, etc.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no markdown fences.
We need to use for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay section: we have actual pay range: $85,476—$120,893 USD. So we can include Pay section.
Schedule: we have hybrid schedule details: preference for at least 2 days a week from northern CA offices, also ability to work hybrid from Petaluma/San Jose. Also mention travel and field work as needed. So we can include Schedule section.
Benefits: medical, dental, vision insurance (paid at 70% for you AND your family), annual allocations of company shares through ESOP, 401(k) plan with company match, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, tuition reimbursement, professional development bonuses, attendance at conferences. Also maybe other programs. So Benefits section.
Responsibilities: from "What You Will Do For ESA". Also maybe from "What’s Special About Our Landscape Architecture Team" but that's more team description. We'll treat responsibilities as the list of duties.
Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: we need to decide which headings to use. The posting has "Who You Are" which includes qualifications, experience, skills, etc. Could split into Requirements (minimum qualifications) and Skills (specific software etc). But we must only include sections if there is real specific content. We can combine into one section maybe "Qualifications". But we have headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We could use Qualifications for education/license/experience, Skills for software/tools, and Requirements maybe for physical demands, driver license, etc. However we must avoid thin sections. Let's see if we have enough content for each.
Qualifications: bachelor’s or master’s degree in Landscape Architecture or related field, willing to get licensed in CA within two years, 5+ years related work experience, experience planning and designing habitat restoration, parks and open space, public access, public infrastructure projects, proven success managing projects and coordinating with consultant teams, clients, public agencies.
Skills: use AutoCAD/Civil3D, Adobe Creative Suite, modeling software and other design software to prepare concept plans, perspective renderings, graphic presentations, bid-ready construction packages; ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams to integrate data and analyses to plan and design native habitat restoration/enhancement, natural open space, recreation and public access improvements; specific experience with renderings and visualizations, planning and design of large-scale public projects, working with engineers and biologists, climate change adaptation approaches desirable; able to produce design plans, specifications and cost estimates, translating to construction administration tasks; interest/familiarity with native plants and ecosystems; familiar with development of project reporting, ‘basis of design’ documents and construction cost estimating; adept at contributing to and participating in client meetings and public outreach efforts including presentations to community groups, regulatory agencies and multi-disciplinary team settings; comfortable working in diverse environments, including remote, rural, and urban areas; able to work in hybrid fashion from Oakland, San Francisco, or Sacramento office; comfortable working outdoors, physical activities, moving across uneven/steep terrains, carrying loads of at least 50 pounds over extended distances; proximity to heavy machinery; valid driver's license; experienced operating 4WD vehicles off-road.
Requirements: maybe the hybrid schedule preference, travel, field work, writing sample? But writing sample is application instruction - remove. Could include "Ability to work hybrid schedule (at least 2 days a week) from northern CA ESA office locations including Sacramento, Oakland, and/or San Francisco, CA. Qualified candidates with ability to work hybrid from Petaluma and/or San Jose office will be considered." That's more schedule.
But we already have Schedule section.
Thus we could have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to ensure we don't repeat content.
Let's craft each.
About the role: combine company overview and role overview (excluding bullet lists). Should be prose.
Responsibilities: list of duties from "What You Will Do For ESA". Also maybe include supporting marketing efforts, scopes, fee estimates, proposals, client meetings, etc. We'll list as
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Qualifications: education, licensure, years experience, experience managing projects, coordinating with teams, etc. Could be list.
Skills: software, technical abilities, soft skills, physical demands, driver license, 4WD.
Benefits: list of benefits.
Pay: include the range as
.
Schedule: hybrid schedule details and travel/field work.
We must not include boilerplate like vaccination, EEO, cover letter request, writing sample request, etc.
Check for any duplicated lines: we need to avoid repeating same info.
Let's extract precise sentences.
Company overview: "Environmental Science Associates (ESA) is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm. We plan, design, permit, mitigate, and restore for projects across our communities, infrastructure systems, open spaces, and wildlands. We are 50 years strong in 21 offices across California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Southeastern United States."
Role overview: "ESA is seeking a licensed Landscape Architect with 5+ years of related work experience and an academic background in landscape architecture to join our team in Northern California. This opportunity places a high value on collaboration, delivery, and the desire to learn and grow. This is a salaried, full-time exempt role. Preference given to candidates who are able to work a hybrid schedule (at least 2 days a week) from a northern CA ESA office locations including: Sacramento, Oakland, and/or San Francisco, CA. Qualified candidates with the ability to work hybrid from our Petaluma and/or San Jose office will be considered. This role will involve some travel and field work as needed for in-person team collaborations and site visits as-needed."
We could keep that as About the role.
Now Responsibilities: from "What You Will Do For ESA As part of ESA’s Landscape Architecture team, you will support multi-disciplinary project teams focused on habitat restoration, sea level rise adaptation and recreational/public access projects, including producing plans, reports, and design documents. You will develop design concepts, impact calculations, planting plans, grading plans, irrigation designs and technical reports. You will support the development of construction drawings, specifications, cost estimates, and provide construction-phase support through field observation, RFI responses, punch lists, submittal review and response, and coordination with contractors and clients. You will serve as a technical specialist in restoration of California native plant communities, including planting, establishment, monitoring and maintenance methods. You will support marketing efforts and contribute to the development of scopes, fee estimates, and other narrative components of task orders and proposals, and participate in project presentations and proposal interviews. You may participate in and/or lead client and community engagement meetings; integrate and translate science and field-based analyses; coordinate staff assignments and workloads for one or more landscape architects/designers; and/or review project accounting and prepare invoices."
We'll turn each sentence into
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Qualifications: from "Who You Are" bullet-like sentences: "You are a self-directed person who is organized and comfortable leading multiple projects and task deliverables concurrently. You are an articulate, engaged and effective team member who has at least 5 years of experience planning and designing habitat restoration, parks and open space, public access, and other types of public infrastructure projects in a professional setting. You have proven success managing projects and coordinating with consultant teams, clients, and public agencies. You hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Landscape Architecture or a related field and are willing and able to get licensed in California within two years. You are comfortable producing design plans, specifications and cost estimates, and translating these deliverables to construction administration tasks. You have an interest in and familiarity with native plants and ecosystems, and are looking for an opportunity to apply, share and expand your knowledge base and skills. You are familiar with and competent in the development of project reporting, ‘basis of design’ documents and construction cost estimating. You are adept and comfortable contributing to and participating in client meetings and public outreach efforts including presentations to community groups, regulatory agencies and multi-disciplinary team settings. You are able to work in a hybrid fashion from our Oakland, San Francisco, or Sacramento office. You are comfortable working in diverse environments, including remote, rural, and urban areas. This position involves outdoor physical activities under different weather conditions, moving across uneven and possibly steep terrains, and carrying loads of at least 50 pounds over extended distances. Additionally, your role may require proximity to heavy machinery. You hold a valid driver's license and are experienced in operating 4WD vehicles off-road."
But some of these are more skills/physical demands. We'll split: Qualifications: education, licensure, years experience, experience managing projects, coordinating, etc. Skills: software, technical abilities, etc. Physical demands and driver license maybe also skills? Could go under Skills or Requirements. Let's decide: Qualifications: education, license, years experience, experience planning/designing habitat restoration etc, proven success managing projects, coordinating with teams. Skills: AutoCAD/Civil3D, Adobe Creative Suite, modeling software, design software, renderings/visualizations, large-scale public projects, working with engineers/
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay section: we have actual pay range: $85,476—$120,893 USD. So we can include Pay section. Schedule: we have hybrid schedule details: preference for at least 2 days a week from northern CA offices, also ability to work hybrid from Petaluma/San Jose. Also mention travel and field work as needed. So we can include Schedule section. Benefits: medical, dental, vision insurance (paid at 70% for you AND your family), annual allocations of company shares through ESOP, 401(k) plan with company match, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, tuition reimbursement, professional development bonuses, attendance at conferences. Also maybe other programs. So Benefits section. Responsibilities: from "What You Will Do For ESA". Also maybe from "What’s Special About Our Landscape Architecture Team" but that's more team description. We'll treat responsibilities as the list of duties. Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: we need to decide which headings to use. The posting has "Who You Are" which includes qualifications, experience, skills, etc. Could split into Requirements (minimum qualifications) and Skills (specific software etc). But we must only include sections if there is real specific content. We can combine into one section maybe "Qualifications". But we have headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We could use Qualifications for education/license/experience, Skills for software/tools, and Requirements maybe for physical demands, driver license, etc. However we must avoid thin sections. Let's see if we have enough content for each. Qualifications: bachelor’s or master’s degree in Landscape Architecture or related field, willing to get licensed in CA within two years, 5+ years related work experience, experience planning and designing habitat restoration, parks and open space, public access, public infrastructure projects, proven success managing projects and coordinating with consultant teams, clients, public agencies. Skills: use AutoCAD/Civil3D, Adobe Creative Suite, modeling software and other design software to prepare concept plans, perspective renderings, graphic presentations, bid-ready construction packages; ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams to integrate data and analyses to plan and design native habitat restoration/enhancement, natural open space, recreation and public access improvements; specific experience with renderings and visualizations, planning and design of large-scale public projects, working with engineers and biologists, climate change adaptation approaches desirable; able to produce design plans, specifications and cost estimates, translating to construction administration tasks; interest/familiarity with native plants and ecosystems; familiar with development of project reporting, ‘basis of design’ documents and construction cost estimating; adept at contributing to and participating in client meetings and public outreach efforts including presentations to community groups, regulatory agencies and multi-disciplinary team settings; comfortable working in diverse environments, including remote, rural, and urban areas; able to work in hybrid fashion from Oakland, San Francisco, or Sacramento office; comfortable working outdoors, physical activities, moving across uneven/steep terrains, carrying loads of at least 50 pounds over extended distances; proximity to heavy machinery; valid driver's license; experienced operating 4WD vehicles off-road. Requirements: maybe the hybrid schedule preference, travel, field work, writing sample? But writing sample is application instruction - remove. Could include "Ability to work hybrid schedule (at least 2 days a week) from northern CA ESA office locations including Sacramento, Oakland, and/or San Francisco, CA. Qualified candidates with ability to work hybrid from Petaluma and/or San Jose office will be considered." That's more schedule. But we already have Schedule section. Thus we could have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to ensure we don't repeat content. Let's craft each. About the role: combine company overview and role overview (excluding bullet lists). Should be prose. Responsibilities: list of duties from "What You Will Do For ESA". Also maybe include supporting marketing efforts, scopes, fee estimates, proposals, client meetings, etc. We'll list as
- .
Qualifications: education, licensure, years experience, experience managing projects, coordinating with teams, etc. Could be list.
Skills: software, technical abilities, soft skills, physical demands, driver license, 4WD.
Benefits: list of benefits.
Pay: include the range as
. Schedule: hybrid schedule details and travel/field work. We must not include boilerplate like vaccination, EEO, cover letter request, writing sample request, etc. Check for any duplicated lines: we need to avoid repeating same info. Let's extract precise sentences. Company overview: "Environmental Science Associates (ESA) is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm. We plan, design, permit, mitigate, and restore for projects across our communities, infrastructure systems, open spaces, and wildlands. We are 50 years strong in 21 offices across California, the Pacific Northwest, and the Southeastern United States." Role overview: "ESA is seeking a licensed Landscape Architect with 5+ years of related work experience and an academic background in landscape architecture to join our team in Northern California. This opportunity places a high value on collaboration, delivery, and the desire to learn and grow. This is a salaried, full-time exempt role. Preference given to candidates who are able to work a hybrid schedule (at least 2 days a week) from a northern CA ESA office locations including: Sacramento, Oakland, and/or San Francisco, CA. Qualified candidates with the ability to work hybrid from our Petaluma and/or San Jose office will be considered. This role will involve some travel and field work as needed for in-person team collaborations and site visits as-needed." We could keep that as About the role. Now Responsibilities: from "What You Will Do For ESA As part of ESA’s Landscape Architecture team, you will support multi-disciplinary project teams focused on habitat restoration, sea level rise adaptation and recreational/public access projects, including producing plans, reports, and design documents. You will develop design concepts, impact calculations, planting plans, grading plans, irrigation designs and technical reports. You will support the development of construction drawings, specifications, cost estimates, and provide construction-phase support through field observation, RFI responses, punch lists, submittal review and response, and coordination with contractors and clients. You will serve as a technical specialist in restoration of California native plant communities, including planting, establishment, monitoring and maintenance methods. You will support marketing efforts and contribute to the development of scopes, fee estimates, and other narrative components of task orders and proposals, and participate in project presentations and proposal interviews. You may participate in and/or lead client and community engagement meetings; integrate and translate science and field-based analyses; coordinate staff assignments and workloads for one or more landscape architects/designers; and/or review project accounting and prepare invoices." We'll turn each sentence into
- . Qualifications: from "Who You Are" bullet-like sentences: "You are a self-directed person who is organized and comfortable leading multiple projects and task deliverables concurrently. You are an articulate, engaged and effective team member who has at least 5 years of experience planning and designing habitat restoration, parks and open space, public access, and other types of public infrastructure projects in a professional setting. You have proven success managing projects and coordinating with consultant teams, clients, and public agencies. You hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Landscape Architecture or a related field and are willing and able to get licensed in California within two years. You are comfortable producing design plans, specifications and cost estimates, and translating these deliverables to construction administration tasks. You have an interest in and familiarity with native plants and ecosystems, and are looking for an opportunity to apply, share and expand your knowledge base and skills. You are familiar with and competent in the development of project reporting, ‘basis of design’ documents and construction cost estimating. You are adept and comfortable contributing to and participating in client meetings and public outreach efforts including presentations to community groups, regulatory agencies and multi-disciplinary team settings. You are able to work in a hybrid fashion from our Oakland, San Francisco, or Sacramento office. You are comfortable working in diverse environments, including remote, rural, and urban areas. This position involves outdoor physical activities under different weather conditions, moving across uneven and possibly steep terrains, and carrying loads of at least 50 pounds over extended distances. Additionally, your role may require proximity to heavy machinery. You hold a valid driver's license and are experienced in operating 4WD vehicles off-road." But some of these are more skills/physical demands. We'll split: Qualifications: education, licensure, years experience, experience managing projects, coordinating, etc. Skills: software, technical abilities, etc. Physical demands and driver license maybe also skills? Could go under Skills or Requirements. Let's decide: Qualifications: education, license, years experience, experience planning/designing habitat restoration etc, proven success managing projects, coordinating with teams. Skills: AutoCAD/Civil3D, Adobe Creative Suite, modeling software, design software, renderings/visualizations, large-scale public projects, working with engineers/
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Qualifications: education, licensure, years experience, experience managing projects, coordinating with teams, etc. Could be list.
Skills: software, technical abilities, soft skills, physical demands, driver license, 4WD.
Benefits: list of benefits.
Pay: include the range as